A little history for you #smarties today The Brooklyn heights promenade is 1828 feet long and was built In the mid-1940s when Robert Moses wanted to construct a new expressway right through the heart of Brooklyn Heights. He was stopped by the outcry of the Brooklyn Heights Association, and a solution emerged to build a two-tiered highway above the waterfront. The Promenade was constructed in part to insulate the neighborhood from the noise of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, and create a public space #oldschoolbrooklyn